Front-end development stuff and more

It’s been almost a month already since I launched this new responsive design and unfortunately I didn’t had much time to properly introduce it to you. This improved design is something I wanted to do for a long time and I’m glad I finally managed it. It’s simpler, minimal, responsive and I like to think that now the content is much easier to read (scan).

The other day, while working on a web project, I had to emphasize somehow a dynamic notification bubble. Basically, every time the notification value changes, a visual effect was needed in order to get user’s attention. So I made that using CSS3 keyframe animation.

Using pseudo-elements like :before and :after helps you specifying which content should be inserted before (or after) the content of an element. Replaced elements like input or img have no content, therefore, you shouldn’t be able to use generated content for them.

But, there’s almost always a but, it seems that you can use generated content on a number of replaced elements that varies from browser to browser. This is something that has intrigued me lately and that’s why I decided to write down this article.

I wrote a while ago about the future CSS4 Selectors, namely about CSS Selectors Level 4 Working Draft release. It was such a good news to see that things are continuously moving on. I’m saying that because it’s a long way until CSS3 will reach final recommendation phase and yet we’re seeing news about the future CSS4. Isn’t that cool?

Meanwhile, I thought a little bit about the upcoming CSS parent selector. At this time, if you ask me, I think it will be the most awesome feature and definitely is at the top of my CSS wishlist.

Ever since CSS filter effects landed in WebKit, I thought about theirs practical implementation. How will they fit with the current web design trends? At this time, my initial impressions are that the best way to showcase the power of CSS filters is something like an image gallery.

With so many CSS filters to choose from, it will be fun to create image galleries in the future. Further in this article we’ll create a simple image gallery using CSS filters and the CSS3 :not selector.

If you are a developer then you are very familiar with variables and they are probably one of your best friends. A variable is by definition a temporary storage which contains some known or unknown quantity or information, a value.

But, what is this having to do with the CSS we all know? The latest news is that the first working draft of CSS Variables just got released.